Category: People-watching

Observing Part 3

August 20, 2012 Frank Langella
How do you understand people? What they are thinking? How to see into their minds, all those coils of brain matter, with thoughts flashing between the nerve endings? How to...

Observing: Part Two

August 22, 2011 Movies
Yesterday was a slow day, and while flipping channels, I stumbled across "The Zero Effect." I enjoyed the film in its all-too-short theatrical release about thirteen years ago, and enjoyed...

Observing People

August 18, 2011 Anna Deavere Smith
Yogi Berra allegedly said: "You can observe a lot just by watching." Brilliant, if he said that intentionally. Once the quote became famous, he embraced it and wrote a book...